The document provides information about the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC). It summarizes that the OIDMTC is a refundable tax credit worth 40% of qualifying expenditures for developing interactive digital media products in Ontario. Qualifying corporations must be Canadian, have a permanent establishment in Ontario, and not be controlled by a tax-exempt corporation. Eligible expenditures include labor costs and, for non-specified products, marketing and distribution costs. The document outlines eligibility requirements and provides contact information for the Ontario Media Development Corporation which administers the program.
OIDMTC (Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit) Presentation - CTAP Inc...CTAP-SRED
Ontario Interactive Media Tax Credit
The interactive digital media incentive program is calculated up to 40% of eligible labour, marketing and distribution expenditures for a qualifying corporation with respect to authorized interactive digital media products. The program was designed to reduce the cost for developing interactive digital media products. There is no limit on the amount of entitled labour expenditures which may qualify and there are no per project or annual corporate limits on the amount of the interactive digital media tax incentive which may be declared.
To be eligible for the incentive program, the qualifying corporation must have developed an interactive digital media product with the main intent to educate, inform, or entertain, and that fulfils its primary purpose by presenting information in at least two of:
(i) text,
(ii) sound
(iii) Images
To find out if you qualify please contact Mark Glazer at 416.628.0874 ext. 206
The presentation touches on various tax refund programs and grants for companies dealing with technology: SR&ED, OIDMTC, IRAP, Youth IRAP, SBIP and others.
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Ontario Interactive Media Tax Credit
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OIDMTC Presentation - Ottawa Sept 2013
1. Receive the Credit You Deserve!
Make the most of the
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC)
WELCOME!
2. OIDMTC
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
Ottawa International Game Conference
September 17, 2013
3. WebEx Instructions:
Please log into the session on
Disclaimer:
Note: This slide deck is a general guide and may not be relied
upon in order to determine eligibility for the amount of an
anticipated tax credit. Please consult the OIDMTC legislation and
regulations for further details.
4. OIDMTC
Overview:
The Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC) is a refundable
tax credit co-administered by the Ontario Media Development Corporation
(OMDC) and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
An OIDMTC credit is calculated as 40% of qualifying expenditures,
incurred by qualifying corporations that develop and market their own
interactive digital media products.
For qualifying corporations that develop specified products under a fee-for-
service arrangement, the tax credit rate is 35%.
5. Eligible Applicants
Qualifying Corporations
• Canadian corporation (must be incorporated in Canada but can be
Canadian or foreign-controlled)
• Must have a permanent establishment in Ontario where the product is
developed
• Must not be controlled directly/indirectly by a corporation that is exempt
from tax
6. 6
Definition of an IDM Product
• Their primary purpose is to educate, inform or entertain the user.
• They achieve their primary purpose by presenting information in at least
two of the following forms:
• i) text
• ii) sound
• iii) images
• They are intended to be used by individuals.
• By interacting with them, the user can choose what information is to be
presented, and the form and sequence in which it is to be presented.
• Must not be primarily promotional.
7. Non-Specified Products
• Must be an interactive digital media product
• 90% or more of the product must be developed in Ontario by the
applicant
• Must be developed for sale or licensing to arm’s-length parties,
not developed under a fee-for-service arrangement
• Not used primarily for interpersonal communication
• Not used primarily for promotion of the applicant or the applicant’s
products or services
• Must not be primarily promotional.
8. Specified Products
• Must be an interactive digital media product.
• 90% or more of the product must be developed in Ontario by the applicant.
• Product is developed by the applicant under the terms of an
agreement with an arm’s length purchaser corporation.
• Product must be for sale or license to one or more people who deal at
arm’s-length with the purchaser.
• Must not be used primarily to present/promote the qualifying corporation or
the purchaser corporation, or to promote/sell their products and services.
• Must not be primarily promotional.
• The development of the product must have been completed after
March 23, 2006.
9. Developed By
The applicant must demonstrate that they developed 90% or
more of the product
Copyright ownership does not determine who developed the product.
Hours spent on certain tasks do not determine who developed the
product.
Amounts paid for services rendered does not determine who
developed the product.
Some useful documents to have on hand are:
• Labour schedules that detail who did what, when, and where.
• Gantt Chart or detailed schedule of development activities & timeline.
• Invoices from arm’s length contractors that describe the work
performed.
• Background history of the development of the product, i.e. who was
involved and how.
10. 10
Developed By
What OMDC looks for to determine 90% developed by:
• Detailed description and schedule of development that outlines all
tasks required to create the product (Who Did What, Where, & When?).
• Includes the tasks to create content and technology that make up the
product.
• Any tasks undertaken by a contractor corporation with more than one
employee or shareholder, will be examined to determine if it is less than
10% of the work required to complete the product.
• Applicant may license pre-existing content or technology to incorporate
into their product and this will not affect 90% developed by requirement.
11. 11
Qualifying Expenditures
Eligible labour expenditures AND
Eligible marketing and distribution expenditures (for non-specified
only)
Less any government assistance
12. 12
Eligible Labour
100% of Qualifying Wage Amount
(salaries and wages of employees)
100% of Qualifying Remuneration Amount
(arm’s-length freelance labour)
Note that CRA is using a “Look Through Approach”, which
reduces the remuneration paid to multi-employee/multi-
shareholder corporations by 35%, to isolate labour and take into
account any overhead or profit margins.
13. Eligible Labour
• Can claim labour expenditures for the 37 month period prior to the end of the
month in which the product was completed.
(e.g. for a product completed June 21, 2013, the applicant can claim labour
expenditures going back in time 37 months from June 30, 2013)
• Labour must be directly attributable to the development of the eligible product.
• Paid to Ontario residents.
• Must be paid no later than 60 days after the end of the taxation year.
• Can NOT be labour incurred in carrying out Scientific Research and
Experimental Development (SR&ED) claimed activities.
14. Arm’s-Length Remuneration Issues
Eligible Remuneration must be Arm’s-Length
See the definition of “arm’s length” in Appendix 6 of Guideline Package
Amounts Paid to the following are not eligible:
• Employees of a related corporation
• Controlling shareholders
• Applicant reimbursement to a parent corporation for labour of the
parent’s employees
15. 15
Marketing &
Distribution
Only Non-Specified Products can include the following Marketing &
Distribution Qualifying Expenditures:
• Up to a maximum of $100,000 of such expenditures per eligible non-
specified product.
• Costs incurred in the 24-month period prior to the completion of the non-
specified product, and in the 12-months following the completion of the
product.
• Must be directly attributable to advertising or promoting the eligible
product or distributing the product to potential customers.
• Only 50% of meals & entertainment costs are allowed.
• Cannot be for costs to procure ad sales.
16. Qualifying Digital Game Corporation
Qualifying Digital Game Corporation (s. 93.1)
• Company must carry on a business that includes the development of eligible
digital games
• Incurs a minimum of $1million in Ontario labour costs in a 36 month period on a
digital game that is developed under an agreement with a purchaser
corporation
Benefits:
• Company is not required to develop 90% or more of the game
• The digital game does not need to be completed
• The purchaser corporation does not need to be arm’s length from the applicant
company
17. Specialized Digital Game Corporation
Specialized Digital Game Corporation (s. 93.2)
Company must meet either A) or B):
A) 80% of the company’s salaries and wages for services rendered in Ontario are
directly attributable to the development of digital games;
OR
B) 90% of the company’s gross revenues are directly attributable to the
development of digital games;
AND
The company must incur a minimum of $1million in eligible labour that is
directly attributable to the development of eligible digital games in a
taxation year.
18. Specialized Digital Game Corporation
Specialized Digital Game Corporation (s. 93.2)
Benefits:
• Company is not required to develop 90% or more of the game(s)
• The digital games do not need to be completed
• If there is a purchaser corporation, it does not need to be arm’s length from the
applicant company
• If the company qualifies as a Specialized Digital Game Corporation they can
apply to the OMDC on an annual basis
19. Eligible Costs
Digital Game Corporations
For qualifying and specialized digital game corporations
eligible costs include:
• 100% qualifying wages and salaries* of employees for work rendered in
Ontario that is directly attributable to the development of the digital game(s)
• 100% qualifying arm’s length remuneration* (non-employees) for services
rendered in Ontario paid to individuals, personal services corporations for the
services of the sole shareholder, partnerships for the services of one of the
partners
For digital game corporations claiming under s.93.1 or s.93.2 qualifying
remuneration does not include amounts paid to another taxable Canadian
corporation for the services of their employees.
* Eligible costs are incurred after March 26, 2009
20. Digital Game Expenditures Recap
Qualifying Digital Game Corporation Specialized Digital Game Corporation
Labour expenditures:
-salaries and wages (employees)
- remuneration (contracted labour) arm’s
length
-excludes remuneration paid to another
taxable Canadian corporation for services of
their employees
-minimum $1million in Ont labour incurred in
36 month period for a game that is developed
under an agreement with a purchaser
corporation
- rate 35%
Labour expenditures:
-salaries and wages (employees)
-remuneration (contracted labour) arm’s length
-excludes remuneration paid to another
taxable Canadian corporation for services of
their employees
- minimum $1 million in Ont labour incurred in
one taxation year for a game or games
developed in whole or in part by the applicant
- rate 35%
- claimed in tax year when applicant has
incurred the minimum $1million in eligible
Ontario labour costs over a 36 month period
-annual claim
-Includes costs incurred in the one tax year
21. 21
When To Apply
For non-specified & specified products (s. 93):
Corporations apply to the OMDC for each taxation year that they
complete products in.
The OMDC reviews eligibility and issues a Certificate of Eligibility
to the applicant for each taxation year, listing products that have
been completed in that year, with an OIDMTC estimate for each of
those products.
A new version of a product is eligible for OIDMTC, if it is
significantly different in the content, the underlying technology, or
a combination of the two.
New versions of website products are restricted to being claimed
every two years.
22. Canada Revenue Agency Role
The applicant corporation files its corporate tax return and the Certificate of
Eligibility with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
If the corporation expects to receive a tax credit, the estimate should be
entered on the appropriate T2 Schedule 560. This will alert the CRA that a
Certificate of Eligibility may be forthcoming, if the product(s) are eligible.
Any taxes owed will reduce the amount of OIDMTC refunded.
If there are no taxes payable, the OIDMTC is fully refundable. A cheque is
issued by CRA to the corporation.
General questions: CRA Toronto Office (416) 952-7349
www.cra-arc.gc/formspubs/menu-eng.html
23. Contact Us
Jennifer Blitz
Director Tax Credits & Financing Programs
(416) 642-6694
jblitz@omdc.on.ca
Monica Szenteszky
Team Leader
(416) 642-6692
mszenteszky@omdc.on.ca
Raymond Chua
Business Officer
(416) 642-6649
rchua@omdc.on.ca
Joan McGuinness
Business Officer
(416) 642-6432
jmcguinness@omdc.on.ca
Deborah Morris
Business Officer
(416) 642-6645
dmorris@omdc.on.ca
Mike Olivier
Business Officer
(416) 642- 6642
molivier@omdc.on.ca
Rachel Arlene Singh
Business Officer
(416) 642-6686
asingh@omdc.on.ca
Mark Sonnenberg
Business Officer
(416) 642-6655
msonnenberg@omdc.on.ca
25. Purposes of the credits
OIDMTC
For the creation of interactive
digital media products, focused
on content
Ontario-based and therefore
focus on the creation of eligible
products in Ontario
Provides some support for
marketing and distribution
under certain conditions
SR&ED
For the creation of new
knowledge or technology and
resolving of scientific risks and
obstacles
Federal tax credit with
provincial add-ons – a broader
geographical coverage than
OIDMTC
Provides support for the pursuit
of new or improved products,
materials, processes through
scientific experimentation
26. What qualifies in one might not qualify in another
Activity OIDMTC SR&ED
User Interface Design
Content Creation
Software Development
(employees)
Software Development
(subcontractors)
(Ontario only) (Canadian only)
Testing
Marketing & Distribution
Materials
Overhead
27. Keep in mind …
These are two different programs administered by
different areas of government
Forms are different
Administration is different
Intent of the tax credits is different
You cannot claim the same expenditure under both tax
credits
General statement: cash received from SR&ED claims
sooner than OIDMTC claims
SR&ED is claim annually as part of corporate tax compliance activities
OIDMTC claims are included in corporate tax compliance activities only
when a Certificate of Eligibility is received
Evaluate for both
28. Approaching the credits
Evaluate your product development for both credits
Identify what expenditures, if any, could qualify under both programs
Go with the credit that
Represents the best match with the tax credit criteria
Fits your tax planning and cash flow needs
Plan for tax credit claims
Ideally track the necessary information as the work progresses
Don’t wait until the end of the year to identify what work is eligible,
who did it and where is the substantiating evidence
29. Receive the Credit You Deserve!
Make the most of the
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC)
THANK YOU!